Our Community, Our Responsibility

Language:

English

Grade/Age:

Primary (5-11), Middle (12-14), Secondary (15-18)

Subject:

Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Social Studies

Global Goals:

3: Good Health and Well-Being, 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Registration Dates:

August 1, 2025 – August 30, 2025

Dates:

September 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026

Project Description:

The world is under threat in recent years. There are wars between countries and violent cases in some schools. Those cases seriously affect human safety and community security around us. In order to maintain community sustainability, we need to know more about Sustainable Development Goals in the United Nations. Through taking a tour in our community, making the community map, the acquisition of the knowledge on the problems in the local community can help students secure the community safety and promote urban sustainability in the city in the future. The concept of community safety and security can be applied in our daily life. With this project, a prototype featuring information technology to solve this community safety or security problem needs to be designed and implemented in your community to see how effective it is to solve the problem.

When is the project most active?

Usually December and May

Length of time to complete project:

3-6 Weeks

Instructional time required for project:

1-2 hours per week

Facilitator(s):

Yunchai Chen
Margaret Chen, Taiwan

Facilitator country:

Taiwan R.O.C.

Will the project include a synchronous exchange?

Yes

Project Phases:

Task 1- Introduction videos
Task 2- SDGs mindmaps
Task 3- Community Inquiry mission
Task 4- Sustainable community products
Task 5- Project Digital Story Telling
Task 6- Students feedback and reflections

Students will need to create a product to solve community security or safety problems and evaluate the effectiveness of the product or propose a community safety proposal to improve the community safety and security problems.